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Let’s look at how a heuristic or expert evaluation — comparing a Web page against a list of globally accepted usability standards — could help improve the homepage of RDS.ca, a popular sports news site. Heuristic evaluations are very practical because they allow designers to take a step back from their designs and find quick ways to improve and optimize.

The goal with these kind of evaluations is not to critique but to help improve the user experience. RDS.ca does several things right: content is properly categorized and archived, sections are color-coded, the Website can either be searched or browsed, the navigation is straightforward, etc. However, there’s still room for improvement.

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